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Index · this season
79
at its 5-year level▼ Down 7 this season
Career81since 1936
Peak982008
Last 578seasons
#17 nationally · 3-2 (1-1 conf)
Résumé #20
Schedule so far #5
Margin ±5 pts (tightens with games)
Why 79? →

Oklahoma Sooners

SEC · Norman, OK · Memorial Stadium (Norman, OK) · Head coach Brent Venables
Rival
Bitter rivalry
52-62-5 all time (119 meetings since 1902)
Texas leads
Last: won 27-24 (2026)
Holds it
7 claimed national titles and 45 AP top-10 finishes since 1936Blue Blood1 title(s) won on the field in the BCS / playoff eraPlayoff Champion7 Heisman winnersHeisman House228 NFL draft picks (top 10% of FBS)NFL Factory74.4% wins since 1936 (top 10% of FBS)Winning Tradition
Recognized national titles: 2000, 1985, 1975, 1974 (shared), 1956, 1955, 1950. Counted: AP poll champion, a coaches-poll champion, or the BCS / playoff title-game winner; a split year counts for both.7national titles
Heisman Trophy winners7Heisman
Seasons finishing in the AP top 10 since 193645AP top-10
Consensus All-Americans since 193670All-Americans
NFL draft picks since 1967228NFL picks
Winning percentage since 193674.4%win pct
History since 1936 · football since 1902. Every season →
Chemistry
Chem 62: typical62
Chem 73: strong
73Foundation
Chem 50: typical
50Gel
gel counts 45% so far
▼ Below its norm -8
early · #48 of 138
HC year5
Ret. starters46%
QB yrs w/ OC3
View chemistry →
Team chemistryearly · #48 of 138 FBS teams
Chem 73: strongFoundation73+Chem 50: typicalGel50=Chem 62: typicalChem62Gel counts 45% so far (it grows as games are played, up to half)
Foundationwhat the program has built · moves over seasons
Foundation73Staff stability — Coach and coordinator tenure, staff who came along, assistant turnoverStaff stability74Roster continuity — Returning starters and the lineup's experienceRoster continuity74Unit cohesion — QB & coordinator, QB & receivers, offensive line, defense: how long each unit has played togetherUnit cohesion81Administration — Athletic director continuity and coach-AD alignmentAdministration30Investment — Commitment to football: its share of the department's spending and whether that is growing, plus spending and recruitingInvestment72Fan base — How passionate and loyal the fan base is: how often it sells out, and whether it sells out games that don't matterFan base90
ContinuityClimate
Continuity · who has played and coached togetherlive

Who has played and coached together, and for how long, ranked against every FBS team at the same point of the season.

▸Staff stability
Coach and coordinator tenure, staff who came along, assistant turnover
74
Staff cohesion81
HC year 5 · OC year 2 · DC year 5
Assistant turnover67
33% of on-field staff new this season (FBS average about 45%)
▸Roster continuity
Returning starters and the lineup's experience
74
Returning core74
45% of last season's starters · FBS median 32%
Experience73
14 career starts per starter · FBS median 12
▸Unit cohesion
QB & coordinator, QB & receivers, offensive line, defense: how long each unit has played together
81
QB & coordinator93
3 seasons together · same as 3% of FBS teams
QB & receivers86
8.3 games started together on average · FBS median 3.9
Line cohesion58
4.7 games per linemen pair · FBS median 5.2
Defensive cohesion78
5.8 games per defensive pair · FBS median 4.5
Climate · around the programlive

The administration, money and fans around the team: athletic director continuity, willingness to invest, and crowds.

▸Administration
Athletic director continuity and coach-AD alignment
30
AD continuity30
Roger Denny · year 1 (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
▸Investment
Commitment to football: its share of the department's spending and whether that is growing, plus spending and recruiting
72
Football's share64
30% of department spending goes to football
Investment trend64
+31% over three years
Football investment86
$71.2M on football (2024-25 federal report)
Recruiting spend93
$5.07M men's recruiting
Department resources87
$234M athletic department revenue
▸Fan base
How passionate and loyal the fan base is: how often it sells out, and whether it sells out games that don't matter
90
Sellouts91
sellout crowds (95%+ of capacity) at 47 of 48 home games (last 8 seasons)
Sells out anyway90
sellout crowds at 40 of 41 games that didn't matter: cupcakes, or a team expected to lose or having a losing season

Finances: U.S. Department of Education athletics disclosures, as reported by each school. Athletic directors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Attendance: reported crowds vs stadium capacity.

Gelhow it is working right now · moves week to week
Gel50Playing above its parts — Results vs what its preseason projection expected, game by gamePlaying above its parts49Settled & sharp — A settled starting lineup and clean execution (penalties, turnovers) vs its own normalSettled & sharp63Alignment — Coaches and players telling the same story; the staff on one pageAlignmentsoonResilience — Confidence, and how the team sounds after adversityResiliencesoonFan & media mood — Expectations met or missed this season (preseason rank vs now), stronger for fan bases that react hard; fan and media sentiment joins laterFan & media mood48Coach security — The hard-facts hot seat, inverted: results vs expectation, recent seasons vs the program's norm, stakes, a new ADCoach security27
InternalOn-field fitExternal
Internal · how the program talkscoming

How the team talks in press conferences and interviews, each program against its own normal, so a naturally terse coach isn't read as upset. Being built program by program, Big Ten first.

▸Alignment
Coaches and players telling the same story; the staff on one page
soon
Coming: measured from press conferences and interviews.
▸Resilience
Confidence, and how the team sounds after adversity
soon
Coming: measured from press conferences and interviews.

Readings are team-level; we don't publish psychological readings of individual players.

On-field fit · how it is playing togetherlive

How the team is playing together this season: beating or missing its preseason expectation, a settled lineup, clean execution.

▸Playing above its parts
Results vs what its preseason projection expected, game by game
49
This season49
-3.6 points a game vs its preseason projection (5 games)
▸Settled & sharp
A settled starting lineup and clean execution (penalties, turnovers) vs its own normal
63
This season63
89% of starters kept game to game
External · pressure from outsidelive

Pressure from outside the building: the hard-facts hot seat now; this season's fan and media mood as it is measured.

▸Fan & media mood
Expectations met or missed this season (preseason rank vs now), stronger for fan bases that react hard; fan and media sentiment joins later
48
This season48
AP preseason #10 -> now unranked · impatient fan base (reacts more to a miss) · beat rival Texas 27-24 (+30) · results 3-2 (+4, recent games count more)
▸Coach security
The hard-facts hot seat, inverted: results vs expectation, recent seasons vs the program's norm, stakes, a new AD
27
This season27
Brent Venables, year 5 · 60% wins so far · -3.6 pts a game vs preseason expectation · last two seasons -16% vs the program's norm · impatient fan base · new athletic director

Dashed gold ring = typical (62). 20-50 is the warning zone; under 10 is a collapse. Spokes with no data yet are dashed and left out until they fill in. Chem blends the two halves, then places the blend among this season's teams.

Trend · Foundationeach program year runs Feb 1 to the title game
'1674'1770'1868'1966'2078'2170'2268'2371'2465'2573'262016 wk 1 vs Houston: 87 · L2016 wk 2 vs UL Monroe: 87 · W2016 wk 3 vs Ohio State: 87 · L2016 wk 5 vs TCU: 87 · W2016 wk 6 vs Texas: 63 · W2016 wk 7 vs Kansas State: 68 · W2016 wk 8 vs Texas Tech: 70 · W2016 wk 9 vs Kansas: 73 · W2016 wk 10 vs Iowa State: 71 · W2016 wk 11 vs Baylor: 71 · W2016 wk 12 vs West Virginia: 74 · W2016 wk 14 vs Oklahoma State: 76 · W2016 wk 1 vs Auburn: 74 · W2017 wk 2 vs Ohio State: 76 · W2017 wk 3 vs Tulane: 76 · W2017 wk 4 vs Baylor: 76 · W2017 wk 6 vs Iowa State: 76 · L2017 wk 7 vs Texas: 75 · W2017 wk 8 vs Kansas State: 74 · W2017 wk 9 vs Texas Tech: 75 · W2017 wk 10 vs Oklahoma State: 76 · W2017 wk 11 vs TCU: 76 · W2017 wk 12 vs Kansas: 74 · W2017 wk 13 vs West Virginia: 73 · W2017 wk 14 vs TCU: 65 · W2017 wk 1 vs Georgia: 70 · L2018 wk 2 vs UCLA: 68 · W2018 wk 3 vs Iowa State: 68 · W2018 wk 4 vs Army: 71 · W2018 wk 5 vs Baylor: 70 · W2018 wk 6 vs Texas: 65 · L2018 wk 8 vs TCU: 70 · W2018 wk 9 vs Kansas State: 68 · W2018 wk 10 vs Texas Tech: 68 · W2018 wk 11 vs Oklahoma State: 68 · W2018 wk 12 vs Kansas: 71 · W2018 wk 13 vs West Virginia: 70 · W2018 wk 14 vs Texas: 68 · W2018 wk 1 vs Alabama: 68 · L2019 wk 2 vs South Dakota: 67 · W2019 wk 3 vs UCLA: 65 · W2019 wk 5 vs Texas Tech: 67 · W2019 wk 6 vs Kansas: 67 · W2019 wk 7 vs Texas: 68 · W2019 wk 8 vs West Virginia: 68 · W2019 wk 9 vs Kansas State: 68 · L2019 wk 11 vs Iowa State: 69 · W2019 wk 12 vs Baylor: 70 · W2019 wk 13 vs TCU: 70 · W2019 wk 14 vs Oklahoma State: 70 · W2019 wk 15 vs Baylor: 69 · W2019 wk 1 vs LSU: 66 · L2020 wk 4 vs Kansas State: 78 · L2020 wk 5 vs Iowa State: 78 · L2020 wk 6 vs Texas: 75 · W2020 wk 8 vs TCU: 78 · W2020 wk 9 vs Texas Tech: 79 · W2020 wk 10 vs Kansas: 75 · W2020 wk 12 vs Oklahoma State: 76 · W2020 wk 14 vs Baylor: 80 · W2020 wk 16 vs Iowa State: 76 · W2020 wk 1 vs Florida: 78 · W2021 wk 2 vs Western Carolina: 72 · W2021 wk 3 vs Nebraska: 72 · W2021 wk 4 vs West Virginia: 73 · W2021 wk 5 vs Kansas State: 73 · W2021 wk 6 vs Texas: 72 · W2021 wk 7 vs TCU: 73 · W2021 wk 8 vs Kansas: 67 · W2021 wk 9 vs Texas Tech: 68 · W2021 wk 11 vs Baylor: 70 · L2021 wk 12 vs Iowa State: 69 · W2021 wk 13 vs Oklahoma State: 71 · L2021 wk 1 vs Oregon: 70 · W2022 wk 2 vs Kent State: 69 · W2022 wk 3 vs Nebraska: 71 · W2022 wk 4 vs Kansas State: 71 · L2022 wk 5 vs TCU: 72 · L2022 wk 6 vs Texas: 72 · L2022 wk 7 vs Kansas: 67 · W2022 wk 9 vs Iowa State: 72 · W2022 wk 10 vs Baylor: 71 · L2022 wk 11 vs West Virginia: 72 · L2022 wk 12 vs Oklahoma State: 72 · W2022 wk 13 vs Texas Tech: 73 · L2022 wk 1 vs Florida State: 68 · L2023 wk 2 vs SMU: 73 · W2023 wk 3 vs Tulsa: 74 · W2023 wk 4 vs Cincinnati: 75 · W2023 wk 5 vs Iowa State: 73 · W2023 wk 6 vs Texas: 74 · W2023 wk 8 vs UCF: 75 · W2023 wk 9 vs Kansas: 72 · L2023 wk 10 vs Oklahoma State: 73 · L2023 wk 11 vs West Virginia: 73 · W2023 wk 12 vs BYU: 70 · W2023 wk 13 vs TCU: 72 · W2023 wk 1 vs Arizona: 71 · L2024 wk 2 vs Houston: 68 · W2024 wk 3 vs Tulane: 67 · W2024 wk 4 vs Tennessee: 66 · L2024 wk 5 vs Auburn: 67 · W2024 wk 7 vs Texas: 64 · L2024 wk 8 vs South Carolina: 65 · L2024 wk 9 vs Ole Miss: 64 · L2024 wk 10 vs Maine: 66 · W2024 wk 11 vs Missouri: 65 · L2024 wk 13 vs Alabama: 66 · W2024 wk 14 vs LSU: 67 · L2024 wk 1 vs Navy: 65 · L2025 wk 2 vs Michigan: 76 · W2025 wk 3 vs Temple: 76 · W2025 wk 4 vs Auburn: 78 · W2025 wk 6 vs Kent State: 77 · W2025 wk 7 vs Texas: 71 · L2025 wk 8 vs South Carolina: 77 · W2025 wk 9 vs Ole Miss: 76 · L2025 wk 10 vs Tennessee: 75 · W2025 wk 12 vs Alabama: 74 · W2025 wk 13 vs Missouri: 74 · W2025 wk 14 vs LSU: 75 · W2025 wk 1 vs Alabama: 73 · L2026 wk 2 vs Michigan: 74 · L2026 wk 3 vs New Mexico: 75 · W2026 wk 4 vs Georgia: 74 · L2026 wk 6 vs Texas: 74 · W2026 wk 7 vs Kentucky: 73 · next gametypical 62

Every game since 2016, one continuous line; thin rules separate seasons and the chip is where each season finished. Navy dot = win, red = loss. Big drops usually mean a new staff, a new quarterback or a rebuilt line.

Trend · Gelthis season, after each game
typical 62wk 1 · on-field 76 · fan mood 53681wk 2 vs Michigan · L · on-field 66 · fan mood 15472wk 3 vs New Mexico · W · on-field 58 · fan mood 17433wk 4 vs Georgia · L · on-field 48 · fan mood 13354wk 6 vs Texas · W · on-field 60 · fan mood 48556

How the team is working right now, rebuilt after each game from only the games so far: on-field fit (results vs preseason expectation, lineup settling, execution) and that week's fan & media mood. Coach security is part of today's Gel number but isn't rebuilt week by week yet. Navy frame = win, red = loss.

Continuity facts
Head coach
Year 5
at this school
Offensive coordinator
Year 2
at this school
Defensive coordinator
Year 5
at this school
HC & OC together
2 seasons
working together
QB with his OC
3 seasons
same play-caller
QB & receivers
8.3 games
started together, average
Offensive line pairs
4.7 games
started together, average
Returning starters
45%
from last season
Starter experience
14 starts
career average
Internal facts
Pressers read
soon
this season, coaches and players
Coach tone
soon
vs his own normal
"We" vs "I"
soon
share of team language
Owning mistakes
soon
vs pointing outward
Same story
soon
coaches and players agree
After losses
soon
how fast tone recovers
Leaders named
soon
players teammates point to
Newcomers
soon
transfers talked about as part of it
Openness
soon
forthcoming vs guarded
Measured from press conferences and interviews, program by program.
Climate facts
Athletic director
Roger Denny
year 1
Football spending
$71.2M
2024-25 federal report
Spending trend
+31%
over three years
Department revenue
$234M
all sports
Recruiting spend
$5.07M
men's teams
Home crowds
—
of capacity
Staff turnover
33%
on-field staff new this season
Fan mood
soon
fans and local media
Coach & AD
soon
on the same page
Finances: U.S. Department of Education athletics disclosures. Athletic directors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Offense · games started togetherlatest lineup · 11 starters
Mateer
Avant
Hatton
Sategna
Thomas
Beers
Harris
Maikkula
Ozaeta
Fodje
Best
QBJohn Mateer175117355139105
RBLloyd Avant55153554345
RBJonathan Hatton Jr.11111111111
WRIsaiah Sategna III1751183551410105
WRElijah Thomas33133333233
TERocky Beers55153554345
OLE'Marion Harris55153554345
OLJake Maikkula13411434414984
OLHeath Ozaeta9311023391833
OLRyan Fodje10411034483104
OLNoah Best55153554345

Each square: games the two players have started together at this school (darker = more). Gray diagonal: the player's own starts here.

Defense · games started togetherlatest lineup · 11 starters
Adebawore
Stone
Wein
Jackson
Heinecke
Bowen
Bowen
Robinson
Powers
Guillory
Haynes
DLAdepoju Adebawore55555553551
DLDavid Stone57555773561
DLTaylor Wein5513810131135131
DLJayden Jackson558215151435101
LBOwen Heinecke5510510101035101
DBPeyton Bowen57131510251635161
DBEli Bowen57111410162235121
DBOmarion Robinson33333333331
DBReggie Powers III55555553551
DBCourtland Guillory56131010161235161
DBTrystan Haynes11111111111

Each square: games the two players have started together at this school (darker = more). Gray diagonal: the player's own starts here.

Chemistry is Scorebook's own rating of how well a program fits together, on the same all-time 0-99 scale as our other ratings (compared with every FBS team since 2016; 62 is typical, 20-50 signals something is wrong, and single digits are reserved for true collapses; each season is compared with its own era). This early version blends continuity (who has played and coached together, and for how long; it counts most) with the climate around the program; how the program talks joins as it is measured. Within continuity, quarterback-centered pairings count most because they held up when we tested them against results. How our ratings work →